Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam Malayalam Movie
An interesting story resulting in an average film, that's what Shakespeare MA Malayalam is. The reasons are many, but the most prominent among them has to do with the script and the direction. This, coupled with lack of a proper marketing strategy could spell doom for the film at the box office.
Shakespeare MA Malayalam begins from where Jayabharathy Theatres, run by Kottayam Gopalan, is done with their current play. Arrangements are made for the pooja ceremony of the troupe's new play, which is yet to be penned. It usually happens that Pavithran, a young dramatist who pens plays for the troupe, invariably turns up on pooja days with a new play each time. His plays are inspired by real life and real people around him. This time however, Pavithran doesn't turn up.
Kottayam Gopalan, senior actor Veerabhasan and others go in search of Pavithran to his house. At the same time Pavithran's brother-in-law Thoothukudi Thulasidas too reaches there seeking Pavithran though he doesn't have much opinion about the latter. But Pavithran is not there. When they finally reach him, they find that Pavithran is in some sort of a writer's block, unable to pen anything.
Kottayam Gopalan prompts Pavithran to go over to a calm and peaceful village where he could get the inspiration and material to pen the next play. It is thus that Pavithran comes to stay in a village, accompanied by two of the troupe's actors as well as Thulasidas. There they live in house, rented out by an elderly lady named Philomena. During his sojourn in the village, Pavithran happens to meet Alli, a young girl who brings milk. He observes Alli and finds that she has her own share of problems and familial responsibilities.
Alli rushes from the village by the morning bus every day, but not to study in a college in town, but to work in the house of a doctor named Viswanathan. She does all kinds of work there, ranging from household chores to secretarial work. Pavithran finds in her the character for his story. He however, wants to add a romantic angle to the story, but there is no romance in Alli's life. So he tells her one day that there is someone out there who loves her. Alli is confused by this. Pavithran tells her that it could be the doctor in whose house she works. When she replies that the doctor is an elderly man, Pavithran tells her that it could be the doctor's son.
Anyway things move towards a stage when Alli is forced to take certain drastic steps to save herself and her family. What happens to her? And what happens to Pavithran's play? This forms the rest of the plot.
Jayasurya is good as Pavithran, while Roma impresses very much as Alli. Saikumar doesn't have much to do as Dr.Viswanathan, though he is comfortable with his character. Kalabhavan Mani is good as Kottayam Gopalan and it is good to see him do a lighter and milder kind of role after a gap of time. Rajan P. Dev as Veerabhasan, the senior actor who claims to have acted with National Award winning actor, the late P.J. Antony, is impressive.
Salimkumar repeats himself and bores us as Sugunan, the actor who accompanies Pavithran to the village. Bijukuttan, who does the role of the other actor who accompanies Pavithran, is very much in his elements. Suraaj Venjaramoodu as Chalingadu Joshi is his usual self. Jagathy Sreekumar is good as Thoothukudi Thulasidas. Anoop Chandran is also impressive.
An interesting plot and above average performances by lead players make Shakespeare MA Malayalam watchable, but the film has its share of flaws. The first half of the film goes smoothly, but the post-interval portion tends to lag owing to flaws in the script as well as in direction. But considering that Shakespeare MA Malayalam comes from debutante directors (Shaiju and Shaji), this is pardonable.
There's nothing much to be mentioned about the technical aspects. Of the songs, the first one is good and well picturized, while the others don't impress. To sum up, Shakespeare MA Malay
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